Research Technician: Microbiome & Computational Biology

Loyola University Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Loyola University Chicago Maywood-Health Sciences Campus seeks a Research Technician to join our laboratory studying host-microbiome interactions and microbial metabolism. The successful candidate will contribute to projects involving microbiome sequencing, metabolic modeling, and cheminformatic analysis of microbial metabolites.

The role combines wet-lab and computational work, including designing 16S rRNA sequencing workflows, conducting bioinformatic analyses, maintaining records, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computational biology, or closely related field required.
• Hands-on microbiome sequencing experience and downstream bioinformatic analysis.
• Scripting in Python or R; familiarity with Linux/command-line.
• Chemoinformatics background with chemical structure databases, metabolite annotation, or cheminformatic toolkits desired.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute 16S rRNA sequencing workflows.
• Perform bioinformatic analysis of microbiome datasets.
• Contribute to computational modeling of microbial community metabolism.
• Maintain laboratory records, manage sample inventories, and assist with manuscript and grant preparation.

Skills

Microbiome sequencing

Bioinformatics analysis

Python/R scripting

Linux

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent training

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Tools

MICOM

COBRApy

Python

R

Linux

Job description

Loyola University Chicago Maywood-Health Sciences Campus seeks a Research Technician to join our laboratory studying host-microbiome interactions and microbial metabolism. The successful candidate will contribute to projects involving microbiome sequencing, metabolic modeling, and cheminformatic analysis of microbial metabolites.

The role combines wet-lab and computational work, including designing 16S rRNA sequencing workflows, conducting bioinformatic analyses, maintaining records, and